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Naxos Audio Books have kindly sent us the following info on David's latest audio book:Imagine David Tennant wooing you with Shakespeare’s immortal lines of love in his seductive Scottish accent...From Shakespeare – with love is a collection of Shakespeare’s finest sonnets which celebrates the 400th anniversary of their first publication in 1609. David Tennant, Anton Lesser and Juliet Stevenson are among the magnificent cast of actors who illuminate the emotional depth and the poetic ingenuity of this exquisite sonnet cycle.• David Tennant performs Shakespeare again after his acclaimed performance as Hamlet in the recent RSC production.• Released to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first publication of the sonnets.• A cast of leading actors perform fresh and exciting interpretations of the sonnets.

Thanks to Naxos Audio Books we now have a sample of David reading 'When forty winters shall besiege thy brow' from their latest audio book From Shakespeare - With Love.Click here to download an MP3 file.

The BBC Press Office have released the following synopsis of the Doctor Who Easter Special, Planet Of The Dead:

When a London bus takes a detour to an alien world, the Doctor must join forces with the extraordinary Lady Christina, in this one-off seasonal special. But the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets, hidden in the sand. And time is running out, as the deadly Swarm gets closer.Planet Of The Dead features David Tennant as the Doctor, Michelle Ryan as Lady Christina and Lee Evans as Malcolm. It is written by Russell T Davies and Gareth Roberts.

There is sill no exact air date but it is expected to be shown on the Easter weekend of the 11th and 12th of April.

David has been interviewed for a new Cyberman DVD collection that is being released on 13th April 2009.Doctor Who: The Cybermen features four stories from the new series (Rise of the Cyberman, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday), is specially packaged and comes with an interview with David on the Cybermen and a Cybermen Documentary showing the 25 best Cybermen moments.

David has been shortlisted for the Best Actor award in the 35th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, to be presented next month at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.He has been nominated for two roles, as the Doctor in Doctor Who and the British astronomer Arthur Eddington in the one off drama Einstein and Eddington.Also nominated in the category are Kenneth Branagh and Ben Whishaw.The highly-prized BPG awards are selected by journalists who write about TV and radio - correspondents, critics and previewers. Previous Best Actor winners include Sir Alec Guinness, Albert Finney, Charles Dance, Robert Hardy, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Ecclestone, Philip Glenister and Colin Firth.Einstein And Eddington is also nominated for Best Single Drama.You can visit the official BPG website here.

Two of David's recent projects have received nominations at the 2009 BAFTA Awards.Doctor Who has been nominated in the Drama Series category. Also nominated in that cateogory are Shameless, Spooks and Wallander.And Einstein And Eddington is in the Single Drama category alongside Hancock And Joan, White Girl and The Shooting Of Thomas Hurndall.The awards take place on Sunday 26th April. You can view the full list of nominations here.

Red Nose Day is, quite simply, a day like no other! Take some fantastic fundraising in schools, offices and homes across the land, mix it with the nation’s favourite celebrities getting up to all kinds of mischief, sprinkle a new Red Nose (or three!) across the entire UK and add a cracking night of comedy on BBC One to make Red Nose Day the phenomenon it is.All this funny business unites the nation in trying to make a difference to the lives of thousands of people – and the best thing is - it works!

Don't forget that you can catch David presenting the first hour of Comic Relief with the lovely Davina McCall from 7pm on BBC One tonight and stay tuned for the whole night as it looks set to be a fabulous show. The full schedule for David's hour of the show can be seen below:7:00pm David Tennant and Davina McCall kick of the fundraising extravaganza. The fun begins with a special edition of Harry Hill's TV Burp, The Saturdays performing their Comic Relief single and Ronnie Corb…

Comic Relief has raised a record £57m smashing the previous best of £40.5m the last time the charity TV event was held in 2007.A Comic Relief spokeswoman said: "We've had an absolutely phenomenal campaign. The overwhelming total goes to show that even in this economic slump and time of belt-tightening the great British public has still found a way to dig deep and give to those less fortunate than themselves. Comic Relief would like to thank each and every person who donated or gave their time to do something funny for money. We couldn’t have done it without you."

David had a busy night, as well as hosting the opening segment of the show he competed in Mastermind... managed to snog the gorgeous Davina McCall.. and perform with Franz Ferdinand on a special Top Of The Pops!

If you missed any of the action you can watch it all again via the BBC iplayer here for the next 7 days!And don't forget that you can still donate very e…

Three new Doctor Who audio books are to be released on Thursday 12th March 2009.Shining Darkness, The Doctor Trap and Ghosts Of India all feature the Doctor and Donna as portrayed by David and Catherine Tate in the TV series.They will be narrated by Doctor Who actors Russell Tovey, David Troughton and Debbie Chazen. You can buy them online in shop here.

David will be featured alongside his Doctor Who co star Michelle Ryan on the cover of this month's SFX magazine.The mag, released on Wednesday 11th March 2009, will feature an interview with Russell T Davies about the forthcoming Doctor Who specials.

As you all know it's Red Nose Day on Friday and David will be presenting the first hour of Comic Relief.The schedule for David's hour of the show has now been revealed but please do bear in mind that as this is a live show times etc are subject to change:

7:00pm David Tennant and Davina McCall kick of the fundraising extravaganza. The fun begins with a special edition of Harry Hill's TV Burp, The Saturdays performing their Comic Relief single and Ronnie Corbett landing in a Sarah Jane Adventure.

7:30pm David and Davina go head to head as they take to the Mastermind chair, Outnumbered kids outsmart the adults, and there are highlights from Let's Dance For Comic Relief.

The Radio Times has taken the unprecedented step of producing its latest issue with 21 different covers, featuring various stars to mark next week's Red Nose Day. A cover featuring David will be available on Scottish newsstands. "Radio Times readers have an amazing track record in donating stupendous amounts for Comic Relief, so let's hope that the 2009 fundraising easily matches our past efforts," said the Radio Times editor, Gill Hudson. Radio Times is out now.